Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 12:25:22 -0700 From: "Brian O'Shea" <boshea@ricochet.net> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: subscribe Message-ID: <20010516122522.Q1813@shaolin.hq.netapp.com> In-Reply-To: <20010512002537H.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>; from jkh@osd.bsdi.com on Sat, May 12, 2001 at 12:25:37AM -0700 References: <20010511165805E.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <20010511170113S.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <20010511183457.A61080@dragon.nuxi.com> <20010512002537H.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
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Such in-band signaling might occasionally cause a (mostly harmless) false positive. Consider the footer that is automatically appended to list with unsubscribe instructions. Now imagine it triggering a false "unsubscribe" attempt for every list message! Obviously that's an extremem example and with some care it won't really happen, but it's worth thinking about. -brian On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 12:25:37AM -0700, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > I guess we could, but somebody would have to do it. :) > > - Jordan > > From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> > Subject: Re: subscribe > Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 18:34:57 -0700 > > > On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 05:01:13PM -0700, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > > > Argh! I'm sorry folks, I almost always remember to delete the cc > > > line when I send somebody that particular form letter so as not to > > > spam the list myself, but this time I forgot to do that before > > > typing the send command. Bad Jordan, no cookie! > > > > Why is it we can't have majordomo filter these out and send the > > people your form reponce. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > -- Brian O'Shea <boshea@ricochet.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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